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Psalm 106

Psa. 106:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
opened
pathach (Hebrew #6605)
to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
KJV usage: appear, break forth, draw (out), let go free, (en-)grave(-n), loose (self), (be, be set) open(-ing), put off, ungird, unstop, have vent.
Pronounce: paw-thakh'
Origin: a primitive root
and swallowed up
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
Dathan
Dathan (Hebrew #1885)
Dathan, an Israelite
KJV usage: Dathan.
Pronounce: daw-thawn'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
, and covered
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the company
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
of Abiram
'Abiyram (Hebrew #48)
father of height (i.e. lofty); Abiram, the name of two Israelites
KJV usage: Abiram.
Pronounce: ab-ee-rawm'
Origin: from 1 and 7311
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Cross References

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Num. 16:29‑33• 29if these men die as all men die, and are visited with the visitation of all men, Jehovah has not sent me;
 30but if Jehovah make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, and all that they have, and they go down alive into Sheol, then ye shall know that these men have despised Jehovah.
 31And it came to pass when he had ended speaking all these words, that the ground clave apart that was under them.
 32And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their property.
 33And they went down, they and all that they had, alive into Sheol, and the earth covered them; and they perished from among the congregation. (Num. 16:29‑33)
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Num. 26:10• 10And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that band died, when the fire devoured the two hundred and fifty men; and they became a sign. (Num. 26:10)
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Deut. 11:6• 6and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben,--how the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their households, and their tents, and all the living substance that belonged to them, in the midst of all Israel. (Deut. 11:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered the company of Abiram;